http://techie-buzz.com/tips-and-tricks/find-and-use-free-stock-photographs-for-your-blog-picfindr.html Know your technology head on Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:47:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://techie-buzz.com/tips-and-tricks/find-and-use-free-stock-photographs-for-your-blog-picfindr.html#comment-24846 Rick Englert Mon, 12 May 2008 18:16:12 +0000 http://techie-buzz.com/imaging-tools/find-and-use-free-stock-photographs-for-your-blog-picfindr.html#comment-24846 Thanks for reviewing PicFindr Keith, I appreciate it! To add to your answer to Eugene's question, there is an advanced search option that lets you choose this. If you select "give credit" under "Requirements for use," you'll get more results (and generally more accurate) but you may have to put a "picture is from..." link - check the site's requirements (which you can do easily by clicking the blue "i" button next to each site's logo in the results). If I may make one clarification about PicFindr's search accuracy and stock photography (free or otherwise) in general - there is no such thing as a free stock photo of Bill Gates (or any other famous person) because of the legal requirement for a "model release," which is a document signed by the person in the photo (Bill Gates) giving permission to the photographer to use their likeness. Unfortunately many photographers contributing to free stock photo sites aren't aware of this legal requirement when photographing identifiable people and unknowingly put themselves and consumers of their photos (you) at risk. It's a very very very very tiny little small risk in most cases, but if your blog gets a huge amount of traffic and/or you use a photo of a person in an unflattering way, the person in the photo has the legal right to come after you the blogger and the photographer if there is no model-release in place. Of course the person in the photo has to know about your use of it AND dislike it enough to take action, so that's where the smallness of the risk comes in, but it's still important to know. Microstock sites (like our partner Dreamstime) generally have model-released photos of people, but they're very rare among free stock photos. Sorry this turned into such a long comment, but the legal issues around model-releases and stock photos of people are unknown and misunderstood by most people. Just wanted to let your readers know. Again, thanks for the review! Thanks for reviewing PicFindr Keith, I appreciate it! To add to your answer to Eugene’s question, there is an advanced search option that lets you choose this. If you select “give credit” under “Requirements for use,” you’ll get more results (and generally more accurate) but you may have to put a “picture is from…” link - check the site’s requirements (which you can do easily by clicking the blue “i” button next to each site’s logo in the results).
If I may make one clarification about PicFindr’s search accuracy and stock photography (free or otherwise) in general - there is no such thing as a free stock photo of Bill Gates (or any other famous person) because of the legal requirement for a “model release,” which is a document signed by the person in the photo (Bill Gates) giving permission to the photographer to use their likeness. Unfortunately many photographers contributing to free stock photo sites aren’t aware of this legal requirement when photographing identifiable people and unknowingly put themselves and consumers of their photos (you) at risk. It’s a very very very very tiny little small risk in most cases, but if your blog gets a huge amount of traffic and/or you use a photo of a person in an unflattering way, the person in the photo has the legal right to come after you the blogger and the photographer if there is no model-release in place. Of course the person in the photo has to know about your use of it AND dislike it enough to take action, so that’s where the smallness of the risk comes in, but it’s still important to know. Microstock sites (like our partner Dreamstime) generally have model-released photos of people, but they’re very rare among free stock photos. Sorry this turned into such a long comment, but the legal issues around model-releases and stock photos of people are unknown and misunderstood by most people. Just wanted to let your readers know. Again, thanks for the review!

]]> http://techie-buzz.com/tips-and-tricks/find-and-use-free-stock-photographs-for-your-blog-picfindr.html#comment-24845 Haris Mon, 12 May 2008 17:54:45 +0000 http://techie-buzz.com/imaging-tools/find-and-use-free-stock-photographs-for-your-blog-picfindr.html#comment-24845 Bookmarked. Might come in handy any time ;) Bookmarked. Might come in handy any time

]]> http://techie-buzz.com/tips-and-tricks/find-and-use-free-stock-photographs-for-your-blog-picfindr.html#comment-24841 Keith Dsouza Mon, 12 May 2008 17:40:09 +0000 http://techie-buzz.com/imaging-tools/find-and-use-free-stock-photographs-for-your-blog-picfindr.html#comment-24841 That is completely up to you, the images are free to use. That is completely up to you, the images are free to use.

]]> http://techie-buzz.com/tips-and-tricks/find-and-use-free-stock-photographs-for-your-blog-picfindr.html#comment-24839 Eugene Mon, 12 May 2008 17:09:33 +0000 http://techie-buzz.com/imaging-tools/find-and-use-free-stock-photographs-for-your-blog-picfindr.html#comment-24839 Do i have to put a link "this picture is from ..."? Do i have to put a link “this picture is from …”?

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